Adventure Games.

If anybody is a fan (or not) of this genre of PC games, what do you think were their strengths and weaknesses and why?What were you favourites and again why?For anybody who isn't familiar with the genre it consists of games such as The Broken Sword, Grim Fandango, The Longest Journey, Syberia and Monkey Island to name a few.My favourite genre, even though I've been swept up by First-Person Shooters in the last few years.

Agreed.I loved the second's Mayan theme, although it wasn't the masterpiece Broken Sword 1 was.
The humour was a bit too "zany" at times and the music didn't impress me as much. I also missed the first's hub structure, that it all centred around Paris.The third was fairly good. I didn't like the way it pretty much became fantasy, instead of the Conspiracy-esque atmosphere, with a hint of the supernatural, like the other two.
Although I did like that it developed Nico a bit.Have to say I'm looking forward to the fourth one myself, coming out Spring this year in case you haven't heard.

Oh, yes Myst counts. It's one of the classics of the genre. Another game with a sequel coming out soon.
The original has probably my second favourite computer game character ever, April Ryan.
Not to mention the world the story was set in, a fantastic blend of Sci-Fi and Fantasy, while still managing to make it seem like world real people lived in. One of the most realistic futures I've ever seen, where humanity has built up and out with god-like technology, but we're still largely just people.
The music was also so good that I actually went out and bought the soundtrack, the only game I've ever done that for.